Vehicle wheel-tire.



A. W. GANO.

VEHICLE WHEEL TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.20. 1913.

1,154,504. PatentdSept. 21, 1915.

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VEHICLE WHEEL TIRE. APPLICATION FILED 1AN.20, IBIS.

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AVERY W. GANO, OF CARROLLTON, ILLINOIS.

VEHICLE WHEEL-TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Application filed January 20, 1913. Serial No. 2' l3,137.

To all whom it may concern i Be it known that I, AVERY W. GANo, acitizen of the United States, residing at Carrollton, in the county ofGreene and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Vehicle lVheel-Tires, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to a metallic tire for a vehiclewheel, and is especially applicable to the wheel of an automobile whichis subjected to sudden violent shocks causing, when having an ordinarypneumatic tire, breakage or undue straining of the felly and spokes ofthe wheel and irregular yielding and puncture of the tire.

My invention has for its object to minimize these defects by providing atire in which puncturing is eliminated and uniform yielding combinedwith strength, stability, and durability obtained.

A further object of the invention is to construct a tire of a pluralityof hingedly connected members having a spring attached thereto andarranged tangentially thereof, whereby the said tire may be arranged tohave its springs engage with the flanged rim of a wheel andsecuredthereon in adjusted position by the application or removal of certain ofthe elements comprising the tire.

It consists in features of novelty as hereinafter described and claimed,reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wheel provided with my improvement,Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the same, approximately on the line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a top plan view of one of the sections of thetread with the spring attached thereto, and Fig. 4 is a sectional viewapproximately on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, a designates a vehicle wheel, 1 the hub thereof, 2 theaxle journaled in the hub, 3 the spokes, 4 the rim or felly and 4 theside flanges formed with the rim 4.

The rim 4 and its flange 4 constitute the felly of the wheel. The treadwhich surrounds the rim of the wheel is constructed of a plurality ofsimilar links I), and each each of said links.

of said links includes an arched member having a central web 6 and sidemembers 7. One end of each of the sides 7 is of a convex formation andprojects a suitable distance beyond the end of the web, and the said proecting sides have their inner faces formed with circular slots 9 havingentrance passages 9 that open to the outer face of The sides 7 havetheir opposite ends concaved, as indicated by the character Y and thewebs project beyond the said concaved portions and are provided withlaterally extending members 8 forming trunnions which are adapted to bereceived in one of the slots 9 after having been passed through thepassage 9 which.

communicates with the said slots. The webs are slotted approximatelycentrally and longitudinally to provide pockets 13 which receive one ofthe ends of spring members (i, and the said spring members have theiropposite ends resting against the rim 4 and between the side members orflanges 4 thereof. The ends of the spring are held in the pockets bybolts or rivets 6.

. Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

In combination with a Wheel, of a tread surrounding the rim of thewheel, said tread comprising a plurality of similar links, each of saidlinks including an arched member comprising a central web and sidesformed with the Web, the said sides having one of their ends projectingbeyond the web and having the inner faces thereof formed with angularslots that open to the outer face of said link, the web extending beyondthe opposite ends of the sides and having its end provided with lateraltrunnions to be received within the slots in the projecting sides of theco-acting ends of the said links, each of said links having alongitudinally disposed pocket arranged below its trunnion, a springmember received within the pocket and secured to the link, and the saidspring having its free end engaging with the rim of the wheel.

AVERY W. GANO. Witnesses:

' REED P. THOMPSON, HAL C. BELLVILLE.

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